Deadline: 26 January 2024
Showcase your leadership, engage your leaders and teams across the region and seize the opportunity to be recognised for the great work you are doing. Nominations for the 2024 Community Business Awards are now open.
The Community Business Awards celebrate the achievements of organisations and individuals in Asia who are champions of DE&I and Wellbeing.
Award Categories
- General DE&I
- This category reaffirms the commitment to exploring concepts that further the DE&I conversation in Asia, whether that be by returning to the foundations and re-examining the fundamentals or leading the charge when it comes to breaking taboos and tackling new and emerging themes across all aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- List of Awards:
- DE&I Business Leader in Asia Award
- DE&I Innovation in Asia Award
- Employee Network in Asia Award
- Achieving Gender Equality in Asia Award
- Championing Race Equity in Asia Award
- DE&I Intersectionality in Asia Award
- Creating Social Impact
- CB was founded on the mission to bridge the gap between businesses and the community. As part of the ongoing commitment to live the values and celebrate work being done at the grassroots, they have created this awards category for 2024 and look forward to celebrating and highlighting the achievements and fantastic work being done by NGOs and social enterprises across Asia to promote DE&I and wellbeing.
- List of Awards:
- Creating Social Impact in Asia: Community Leader Award
- Creating Social Impact in Asia: Specific Initiative Award
- Creating Social Impact in Asia: Partnership Award
- Wellbeing
- CB has a long history of working with companies to broaden their understanding of wellbeing and encouraging the adoption of strategies designed to empower employees to be happy, healthy and engaged. This category of awards celebrates the achievements and innovation of organisations in all aspects of wellbeing.
- List of Awards:
- Financial Inclusion in Asia Award
- Mental Wellbeing in Asia Award
- Physical Wellbeing in Asia Award
- Social Wellbeing in Asia Award
- LGBT+ Inclusion
- This category celebrates one of the longest running campaigns: Championing LGBT+ Workplace Inclusion. Since 2008, CB has run various initiatives designed to encourage and support companies to put LGBT+ inclusion firmly on their corporate agenda. They are delighted to celebrate this progress with these LGBT+ focused awards.
- List of Awards:
- LGBT+ Ally in Asia Award
- LGBT+ Inclusion Champion in Asia Award
- LGBT+ Advocacy in Asia Award
- LGBT+ Inclusive Organisation in Asia Award
- Transgender Inclusion in Asia Award
- India
- India is a key market for CB with unique and innovative work being done in the DE&I space. In order to champion and celebrate this, they are offering five India-specific awards. In addition to the dedicated India Awards, they will host a one-day best practice conference as well as an in-person Awards Ceremony in Bangalore.
- List of Awards:
- DE&I Champion of Change in India Award
- Advancement of Women in India Award
- Building Disability Confidence in India Award
- Championing Neurodiversity in India Award
- LGBT+ Inclusion in India Award
Why Nominate?
- An opportunity to showcase your leadership, internally and externally
- Engage your leaders and teams across the region
- Be recognised for the great work you are doing
- Elevate the profile of your brand across the region:
- Finalists will be invited to submit a 1-minute video for promotional purposes
- Finalists and winners will be promoted on Community Business’ channels (e.g. website and social media)
- India Awards finalists will be invited to share at India Best Practice Conference
- Finalists will be invited to share at related Asia DE&I panel (Asia Awards, subject to sponsorship and demand)
- The chance to be featured in the ePublication
Nomination Eligibility
- For Asia Awards, nominations can come from anywhere in the Asia region (except Australia or New Zealand)
- Initiatives can be single or multiple market focused
- Companies in India may submit nominations for any of the Award Categories – Asia and India
- For the India Awards, only companies operating in India are eligible.
For more information, visit Community Business.
